Dissertations 2011

André, G. (Business Economics Group)
Adaptive models for operational use in dairy farming : increasing economic results utilising individual variation in response
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. A.G.J.M. Oude Lansink, Dr. Ir. P.B.M. Berentsen, Dr. B. Engel. Wageningen University (2011) 169 pp. ISBN 9789085858812. [full text]

Vera Delgado, J.R. (Irrigation and Water Engineering)
The ethno-politics of water security: contestations of ethnicity and gender in strategies to control water in the Andes of Peru
Supervisors: Vincent, Prof.dr. L.F. ; Zoomers, Prof.dr. E.B. ; Zwarteveen, Dr.ir M.Z.; Wageningen University (2011) 257 pp. ISBN 9789461731043. [full text]

Artur, L. (Disaster Studies)
Continuities in crisis: everyday practices of disaster response and climate change adaptation in Mozambique
Supervisors: Prof. dr. ir. D. Hilhorst. Wageningen University (2011) 251 pp. ISBN 9789085859260. [full text]

Asfaw, A. (Technology and Agrarian Development)
Breeding for drought tolerance by integrative design: the case of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Ethiopia
Supervisors: Prof. dr. ir. P.C. Struik, Dr. ir. C.J.M. Almekinders, Dr. M.W. Blair. Wageningen University (2011) 187 pp. ISBN 9789085859772. [full text] 

Bidogeza, J.-C. (Management Studies Group)
Bio-economic farm modelling to analyse agricultural land productivity in Rwanda
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. A.G.J.M. Oude Lansink, Dr. Ir. J. de Graaff, Dr. Ir. P.B.M. Berentsen. Wageningen University (2011) 184 pp. ISBN 9789085859567. [full text]

Bizoza, A.R. (Rural Development Sociology Group)
Farmers, institutions and land conservation : institutional economic analysis of bench terraces in the highlands of Rwanda
Supervisors: Prof. dr. ir. E.H. Bulte, Dr. P.G.M. Hebinck. Wageningen University (2011) 123 pp. ISBN 9789085859307. [full text]

Camacho Villa, T.C. (Rural Development Sociology Group)
Making milpa, making life in La Mera Selva: a testimony of how Tzeltal peasants perform maize cultivation practices in the Lacandon Jungle, Mexico
Supervisors: Visser, Prof. Dr. L.E. ; Verschoor, Dr. Ir. G.M. ; Almekinders, Dr. Ir. C.J.M.; Wageningen University (2011) 232 pp. ISBN 9789085859772. [full text]

Curiel, C. (Disaster Studies)
"En momentos difíciles nosotros somos un pueblo" : Haciendo política en la mixteca de Oaxaca: un estudio sobre el ritual, la pasión y el poder
Supervisors: Prof. Dr G.E. Frerks, Dr. Ir. M.C.M. Nuijten, Dr. Ir. P.A. de Vries. Wageningen University (2011) 281 pp. ISBN 9789461731067. [full text]

Demeter, R.M. (Business Economics Group)
Innovations in the dairy chain: bio-economic analysis of novel breeding opportunities
Supervisors: Arendonk, Prof.dr. J.A.M. van ; Oude Lansink, Prof.dr. A.G.J.M. ; Meuwissen, Dr. M.P.M. ; Kristensen, Prof.dr. A.R.; Wageningen University (2011) 192 pp. ISBN 9789461732088. [full text]

Dijkhorst, H. van (Disaster Studies)
Rural realities between crisis and normatlity : livelihood strategies in Angola, 1975-2008
Supervisor: Hilhorst, Prof. Dr. Ir. D.; Wageningen University (2011) 226 pp. ISBN 9789461730978. [full text]

Du Preez, C.J. (Sociology of Consumers and Households Group)
Living and care arrangements of non-urban households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the context of HIV and AIDS
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. A. Niehof, Dr. G.J. Casimir. Wageningen University (2011) 199 pp. ISBN 9789085859321. [full text]

Franky Calvo, C.E. (Disaster Studies)
'Acompañarnos contentos con la familia' : unidad, diferencia y conflicto entre los Nükak (Amazonia colombiana)
Supervisors: Prof.dr.ir. G.E. Frerks, Dr.ir P.A. de Vries, Dr.ir G.M. Verschoor. Wageningen University (2011) 283 pp. ISBN 9789085859475. [full text]

Gartaula, H.N. (Sociology of Consumers and Households Group)
The other side of migration in rural Nepal: sociocultural transformation and the women left behind
Supervisors: Niehof, Prof. Dr. A. ; Visser, Prof. Dr. L.E. Wageningen University (2011) 177 pp. ISBN 9789461730329. [full text]

Gastel, J.N. van  (Rural Development Sociology Group)
The purification of aid : an ethonography of Dutch partnership policy and (broken) dreams of development
Supervisors: Visser, Prof. Dr. L.E. ; Nuijten, Dr. Ir. M.C.M.; Wageningen University (2011) 151 pp. ISBN 9789461731050. [full text]

Jansen, B.J. (Disaster Studies)
The accidental city : violence, economy and humanitarianism in Kakuma refugee camp Kenya
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. D.J.M. Hilhorst. Wageningen University (2011) 273 pp. ISBN 9789085858591. [full text]

Kamanga, B.C.G. (Technology and Agricultural Development Group)
Poor people and poor fields? : integrating legumes for smallholder soil fertility management in Chisepo, central Malawi
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. K.E. Giller, Dr. Ir. C.J.M. Almekinders, Dr. Ir. S.R. Waddington. Wageningen University (2011) 168 pp. ISBN 9789461730046. [full text]

Koning, J. de (Forest and Nature Conservation Group)
Reshaping institutions : bricolage processes in smallholder forestry in the Amazon
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. B.J.M. Arts, Dr. Ir. K.F. Wiersum. Wageningen University (2011) 268 pp. ISBN 9789085856979. [full text]

Laguna, P. (Rural Development Sociology Group)
Mallas y flujos : acción colectiva, cambio social, quinua y desarrollo regional indígena en los Andes Bolivianos
Supervisors: Visser, Prof. Dr. L.E. ; Arce, Dr. A.M.G.; Wageningen University (2011) 522 pp. ISBN 9789085859604. [full text]

Larsen, R.K. (Communication Science)
Dialogue and revolution: fostering legitimate stakeholder agency in natural resource governance
Supervisors: Leeuwis, Prof. dr. ir. C. ; Powell, Dr. N.; Wageningen University (2011) 309 pp. ISBN 9789461730428. [full text]

Lezwijn, J. (Health and Society Group)
Towards salutogenic health promotion : organizing healthy ageing programs at the local level
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. C. van Woerkum, Dr. Ir. H.W. Vaandrager, Dr. Ir. M.A.E. Wagemakers. Wageningen University (2011) 200 pp. ISBN 9789085859864. [full text]

Lubwama Kiyimba, F. (Technology and Agrarian Development Group)
Tools for women's empowerment? : the case of the forage chopper for smallholder dairy farmers in Uganda smallholder dairy farmers in Uganga
Supervisors: Richards, Prof. Dr. P. ; Maat, Dr. Ir H. ; Zwarteveen, Dr. Ir. M.Z.; Wageningen University (2011) 129 pp. ISBN 9789461731135. [full text]

Majale Liyala, C. (Environmental Policy Group)
Modernising solid waste management at municipal level : institutional arrangements in urban centres of East Africa
Supervisors: Prof. dr. ir. G. Spaargaren, Dr. ir. P.J.M. Oosterveer. Wageningen University (2011) 178 pp. ISBN 9789461730060; 9789086861897. [full text]

Melnyk, V. (Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group)
What is normal to do? : social norms as determinants of consumer decision making
Supervisors: Prof.dr.ir. J.C.M. van Trijp, dr. H.W.I. van Herpen. Wageningen University (2011) 135 pp. ISBN 9789085858768. [full text]

Naaldenberg, J. (Section Communication Studies)
Healthy aging in complex environments : exploring the benefits of systems thinking for health promotion practice
Supervisors: Prof. dr. M. Koelen, Prof. dr. ir. C. Leeuwis, Dr. ir. L. Vaandrager. Wageningen University (2011) 208 pp. ISBN 9789085859123. [full text]

Okry, F. (Technology and Agrarian Development)
Strengthening rice seed systems and agro-biodiversity conservation in West Africa: a socio-technical focus on farmers’ practices of rice seed development and diversity conservation in Susu cross border lands of Guinea and Sierra Leone
Supervisors: Richards, Prof.dr. P. ; Struik, Prof.dr.ir. P.C. ; Nuijten, Dr.ir. E. ; Van Mele, Dr.ir. P.; Wageningen University (2011) 208 pp. ISBN 9789461731111. [full text]

Peng, G. (Management Studies Group)
Inter-organizational information exchange, supply chain compliance and performance
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. S.W.F. Omta, Dr. J.H. Trienekens. Wageningen University (2011) 231 pp. ISBN 9789085859529; 9789086861781. [full text]

Peters, K. (Socio-spatial Analysis Group)
Living together in multi-ethnic neighbourhoods : the meaning of spaces for issues social integrating
Supervisors: Prof. dr. J. Lengkeek, Dr. H.J. de Haan. Wageningen University (2011) 251 pp. ISBN 9789086861903; 9789471630176. [full text]

Pfeifer, C. (Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group)
Modeling patterns of farm diversification in a Dutch landscape
Supervisors: Prof.dr.ir. A.J. Oskam, Dr.ir. J.J. Stoorvogel, Dr. M.P.W. Sonneveld, Dr.ir. R.A. Jongeneel. Wageningen University (2011) 144 pp. ISBN 9789085858416. [full text]

Pompe, V. (Applied Philosophy Group)
Doing business with animals : moral entrepreneurship and ethical room for manouevre in livestock related sector
Supervisors: Prof. dr. M. Korthals, Dr. H. Hopster. Wageningen University (2011) 170 pp. ISBN 9789085859949. [full text]

Radeny, M.A.O. (Development Economics Group)
Poverty dynamics, income inequality and vulnerability to shocks in rural Kenya
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. E.H. Bulte, Dr. Ir. R.A. Schipper, Dr. Ir. M.M. van den Berg. Wageningen University (2011) 213 pp. ISBN 9789085859369. [full text]

Reyes Duarte, A. (Development Economics Group)
Credit constraints in rural financial markets in Chile: determinants and consequences
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. A. Kuyvenhoven, Prof. Dr. B.W. Lensink, Dr. Ir. H.A.J. Moll. Wageningen University (2011) 185 pp. ISBN 9789461730398. [full text]

Rodríguez Cabrera, V. (Rural Development Sociology Group)
Behind the Scene : the enactments of human sexuality in Tehuantepec, Mexico
Supervisors: Prof. Dr.. L.E. Visser, Dr. Ir. G.M. Verschoor. Wageningen University (2011) 324 pp. ISBN 9789085858072. [full text]

Smith, W.G. (Sociology of Consumers and Households Group)
Ecological anthropology of households in East Madura, Indonesia
Supervisors: Prof. dr. A. Niehof, Dr. Y. Goudineau. Wageningen University (2011) 366 pp. ISBN 9789085859338. [full text]

Tukahirwa, J.T. (Environmental Policy Group)
Civil society in urban sanitation and solid waste management: the role of NGOs and CBOs in metropolises of East Africa
Supervisors: Prof. dr. ir. A.P.J. Mol, Dr. ir. P.J.M. Oosterveer. Wageningen University (2011) 166 pp. ISBN 9789461730121. [full text]

Udong, E.E. (Sociology of Consumers and Households Group)
The quest for sustainable livelihoods : women fish traders in Ibaka, Niger Delta, Nigeria
Supervisors: Prof. dr. A. Niehof, Dr. A. van Tilburg. Wageningen University (2011) 317 pp. ISBN 9789085859345. [full text]

Veen, M. (Communication Studies)
Gluten, pills and talk : assessing emergent technologies from a patients' perspective
Supervisors: Prof. dr. H.C.J. Gremmen, Prof. dr. C.M.J. van Woerkum, Prof. dr. H.F.M. te Molder. Wageningen University (2011) 195 pp. ISBN 9789085858232. [full text]

Voors, M.J. (Development Economics Group)
Institutions, violent conflict, windfall gains and economic development in Africa
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ir. E.H. Bulte. Wageningen University (2011) 166 pp. ISBN 9789461731029. [full text]

Vos, B.I. de (Environmental Policy Group)
Trust and new modes of fisheries governance
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. A.P.J. Mol, Prof. Dr. Ir. J.P.M. van Tatenhove. Wageningen University (2011) 295 pp. ISBN 9789461730183. [full text] 

Woldeamanuel, T. (Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group)
Dryland resource, livelihoods and institutions : diversity and dynamics in use and management of gum and resin trees in Ethiopia
Supervisors: Arts, Prof. Dr. B.J.M. ; Bongers, Prof. Dr. F.J.J.M. ; Wiersum, Dr. Ir. K.F.; Wageningen University (2011) 170 pp. ISBN 9789085859628. [full text] 

 
 

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